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Yup, Lin Dan will play in the German Open before going to the All England. But I won't expect too much from him. Every player who has an opportunity to play him should seize and cherish it as it offers a realistic chance of inflicting a rare defeat on him,particularly for those who've never beaten him before. I think for the first three months of his comeback, he would be at most at 80% of his former prowess, therefore more beatable than before his six-month break.

I make bold to say he would need about six months to get back to 100%. IMHO, I venture to say this coming August World Championship, Lee CW's chances esp and possibly Chen Long's as well are just as good if not better. Anyway,let's see how he performs in the German and All England tournaments first. Can't wait for it.

It make sense for him to play in the German Open GPG as a warm-up to the AE. After that there is only the India Open SS in April which I doubt he will play in and then the all-important Sudirman Cup in May; too few events prior to it to help him shape up.

"Taufik has given a lot of happiness and we are grateful to him," he said of Hidayat.
"He is one of the greatest and I really admire him, but unfortunately we can't avoid things like retirement," added Lin, who had been thinking of stopping himself at the London Olympics but now says he may go on.

Yes, there is a chance that LD's performance will be bad enough. but as coins have two sides, there is also a chance that his performance after break will be even better (maybe he already undergoing some special training too?), isn't it? i personally hope the 2nd option will shown up.

In any case, i just hope he can walk far enough in All England so i have chance to see him playing.

Lin Dan skipping AE and even Sudirman Cup only to play in June's SG SS and INA PSS, in effect extending his break to 10 months ? That piece of news claims to be supposedly from " our German colleagues in Badzine" as reported by Raphael Sachetat of Badzine,but I doubt its veracity.

Why wasn't it first reported in the Chinese media? Besides, Lin Dan's leave was approved for six months only, unless something else crops up? Not that I've heard of, anyone? Don't forget, doing national honours in the Sudirman Cup is every national player's foremost duty when called upon; in fact it's the player's wish too.

The only reason I can speculate on is Xie Xingfang's pregnancy for which Lin Dan wishes to be around when the baby is born. Remember, though Lin Dan has been tightlipped about it whenever he is asked, the couple has actually sent their pet dog to their uncle's place some time ago. But still it doesn't make sense as it was only a week or so ago that he announced his intention to come back in March by playing in the All England or possibly the German Open prior to it as we've heard.

As an aside, according to reports, Lin Dan has expressed his wish to publish an English version of his autobiography towards promoting the sport of badminton. Good news,this one.